Research Contributions:

The following books, publications, calendars, and websites have cited Larry Lester & NoirTech Research, Inc., as providing researched material, photographic images or fact checking services. Lester's commentary on the challenges of researching the Black Leagues can be found at: http://sabr.org/how-to/researching-negro-leagues

1. Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Baseball (1987) 2. BlackBall Stars: Negro League Pioneers (1988) 3. Black Ball, chapter 22 for Total Baseball Encyclopedia Guide (1989) 4. The Negro Leagues, pp 2575-2623, The Baseball Encyclopedia (1990) 5. Josh and Satch: The Life and Times of Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige (1991) 6. The Ballplayers (1990), and Baseball Chronology Supplement (1991) 7. The Pittsburgh Crawfords: The Lives & Times of Black Baseball’s Most Exciting Team! (1991) 8. World Book Encyclopedia (1992) 9. The Negro Baseball Leagues: A Photographic History, 1867-1955 (1992) 10. When the Game was Black and White (1992) 11. Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Ballparks (1992) 12. Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: from 1989-1992 and Supplement (1992) 13. Dictionary of American Negro Biography (1993) 14. The Negro Leagues: 40 Years of Black Professional Baseball (1993) 15. Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles (1993) 16. Playing America’s Game: The Story of Negro League Baseball (1993) 17. The Forgotten Players: The Story of Black Baseball in America (1993) 18. American National Biography (1994) 19. The National Pastime by SABR (several years) 20. The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues (1994) 21. Puerto Rico’s Winter Leagues: A History of Major League Baseball’s Launching Pad (1995) 22. Twenty Years Too Soon. Reprinted in 1995, FOREWORD by Larry Lester 23. Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825-1908 (1995) 24. African-American Sports Greats: A Biographical Dictionary (1995) 25. Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: 1992-1995 Supplement for Baseball, Football, Basketball & other sports (1995) 26. Unions to Royals: The Story of Professional Baseball in Kansas City (1996) 27. Play Ball! The Indianapolis ABC's by Traces: Indiana Historical Society (1996) 28. The Indianapolis ABC’s: History of a Premier Team in the Negro Leagues (1997) 29. The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (1997) 30. The King of Swat (1997) 31. Official Major League Baseball Calendar (1997) 32. 36 biographies for Major League Baseball’s web page; www.majorleaguebaseball.com (1997) 33. Comprehensive biography of Jackie Robinson for the New York Mets Opening Day program (1997) 34. Los Angeles Dodgers Media Guide (1997) 35. The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball (1997) 36. Guest writer for the Baltimore Afro-American newspaper (1998) 37. Pomegranate Major League Baseball Desk Calendar (1998) 38. The Mohawk Colored Giants of Schenectady (1998) 39. Middle Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1900-1948 (1998) 40. World Series programs: Official Major League Baseball Program (1998, 1999) 41. Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Leagues (1999) 42. The Negro Leagues Autograph Guide (1999) 43. Every Other Sunday: The Story of the Birmingham Black Barons (1999) 44. Glory Days of Summer: The History of Baseball in Oklahoma (1999) 45. Home Run: My Life in Pictures, Hank Aaron (1999) 46. Traces: A Publication of the Indiana Historical Society (1999) 47. The Forgotten Leagues: before 1920, calendar, Series I by DMD (2001) 48. Baseball’s Other All-Stars (2000) 49. The Negro Leagues Revisited: Conversion with 66 more Baseball Heroes (2000) 50. BaseballLibrary.com articles on ballplayer (2001) 51. How to Do Baseball Research (2001) 52. The Best Pitcher in Baseball: The Life of Rube Foster, Negro League Giants (2001) 53. Cool Papas and Double Duties: The All-Time Greats of the Negro Leagues (2001) 54. The National Baseball Hall of Fame Desk Reference (2001) 55. The Forgotten Leagues: 1920 to 1930, calendar, Series II, by DMD (2002) 56. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Baseball Desk Reference (2002) 57. The Brooklyn Dodgers (2002) 58. The Best Man Plays (2003) 59. The Forgotten Leagues: 1930 to 1940, calendar, Series III by DMD (2003) 60. Beyond the Shadows of the Senators: The Untold Story of the Homestead Grays and the Integration of Baseball (2003). 61. The California Winter League: America’s First Integrated Professional Baseball League (2003) 62. The Negro Leagues, 1869 – 1960 (2003) 63. The Integration of Baseball in Philadelphia (2003) 64. Stolen! A History of Baseball Stealing (2003) 65. Dem Little Bums: The Nashua Dodgers (2003) 66. The Best Man Plays: Major Baseball and the Black Athlete, 1901-2002 (2003) 67. The Encyclopedia of Negro League Baseball (2003) 68. I Will Never Forget: Interview with 39 Former Negro League Players (2003) 69. Black Baseball: A History of African Americans & the National Game (2003) 70. Oscar Rico’s Baseball Legends (2003) 71. The Forgotten Leagues: 1940 to 1950, calendar, Series IV by DMD (2004) 72. Baseball in Portsmouth, Virginia (2004) 73. Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution (2004) 74. Baseball in Wichita (2004) 75. Out from the Shadows: Negro League Baseball in America (2004) 76. Baseball in St. Louis (2004) 77. The Forgotten Leagues: The Great Teams, calendar, Series V by DMD (2005) 78. Road Trips by Society for American Baseball Research (2005) 79. Withers’ Negro Baseball Leagues (2005) 80. A Negro League Scrapbook (2005) 81. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Chicago (2005) 82. Swinging for the Fences: Black Baseball in Minnesota (2005) 83. The Forgotten Leagues: Volume 1: Black Baseball’s 1st All-Star Team calendar by DMD (2006) 84. Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball (2006) 85. Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball (2006) 86. A Game of Inches (2006) 87. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Kansas City (2006) 88. Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro League Ballparks (2006) 89. Satch & Me (2006) Read Lester's experience at Satchel Paige's last major league game in 1965 90. The Forgotten Leagues: Volume 2: Black Baseball’s 2nd All-Star Team calendar by DMD (2007) 91. Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants & Stars: Umpiring in the Negro Leagues & Beyond (2007) FOREWORD 92. The Chicago American Giants (2007) 93. Arcadia’s Black America Series: Kansas City (2007) 94. Satchel Paige and Company (2007) 95. Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, & the Color Line (2007) 96. When to Stop the Cheering: The Black Press, the Black Community and the Integration of Professional Baseball (2007) FOREWORD 97. After Jackie: Pride, Prejudice, and Baseball’s Forgotten Heroes (2007) 98. Forbes Field: Essays & Memories of the Pirates’ Historic Ballpark, 1909-1971 (2007) 99. The National Pastime: Review of Baseball History, #27 (2007)100. Black Baseball: Out of Season (2007)101. Willie Wells: "El Diablo" of the Negro Leagues (2007)102. African American Pioneers of Baseball: Biographical Encyclopedia (2007)103. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Portsmouth, Virginia (2007)104. South of the Color Barrier: How Jorge Pasquel and the Mexican League Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration (2007)105. The Forgotten Leagues: Volume 3: Black Baseball’s 3rd All-Star Team calendar by DMD (2008)106. We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (2008)107. Black Ball Tales (2008)108. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 1, Number 1 (2008)109. Princoirs: Official Memoirs of Prince Joe Henry, Ex-Negro Leaguer (2008)110. The Negro Leagues in New Jersey: A History (2008)111. The Mogul, Eddie Gottlieb: Philadelphia Sports Legend and Pro Basketball Pioneer (2008)112. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 1, Numbers 1 and 2 (2008)113. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Chicago (2008)114. The Forgotten Leagues: Black Baseball’s Flame Throwers: Fire & Desire calendar by DMD (2009)115. Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend (2009)116. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 2, Numbers 1 and (2009)117. The Baltimore Elite Giants: Sports & Society in the Age of Negro league ball (2009)118. The Integration of Major League Baseball: A Team by Team History (2009)119. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 2, Number 2 (2009)120. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Pittsburgh (2009)121. The Forgotten Leagues: Black Baseball's Ebony Sluggers: Will & Skill calendar (2010)122. Our White Boy: the Jerry Craft Story (2010) FOREWORD123. Forgotten Heroes of the Negro Leagues and Latin Baseball (2010)124. Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend (2010)125. Playing in Shadows: Texas and Negro League Baseball (2010)126. CurveBall: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, The First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League (2010)127. Early Black Baseball in Minnesota: The St. Paul Gophers, Minneapolis Keystones and Other Barnstorming Teams of the DeadBall Era (2010)128. Integrating Cleveland Baseball: Media Activism, the Integration of the Indians and the Demise of the Negro League Buckeyes (2010).129. Mysteries from Baseball's Past: Investigations of Nine Unsettled Questions (2010).130. Professional Football Researchers Association's The Coffin Corner. The Re-integration of Pro Football Through 1962, (Nov/Dec 2010)131. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 3, Numbers 1 and 2 (2010)132. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Birmingham (2010)133. Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains, Praising My People: Newspaper Sports Coverage and the Integration of Baseball in Wichita, Kansas (Winter 2010-2011)134. Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella (2011)135. The Cambridge Companion to Baseball (2011)136. Amazing Baseball Heroes: Inspirational Negro League Stories (2011)137. Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball (2011)138. The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues (2011)139. Cuban Star: How One Negro League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball (2011)140. The Kings of Casino Park: Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932 (2011)141. The Right Time: John Henry "Pop" Lloyd and Black Baseball (2011)142. The Immortal: An Art Collection of Baseball's Best (2011)143. The History of the Black Memorabilia Movement (2011)144. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 4, Numbers 1 and 2 (2011)145. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Indianapolis (2011)146. Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball (2012)147. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Cleveland (2012)148. Baseball's War Roster: A Biographical Dictionary of Major and Negro League Players Who Served, 1861 to Present (2012)149. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 5, Numbers 1 and 2 (2012)150. www.Baseball-Reference.com Read press release HERE.151. Historian's Corner in the National Pastime Museum (ongoing since 2013)152. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Newark (2013)153. Color Blind: The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball's Color Line (2013)154. Baseball State by State: Major and Negro League Players, Ballparks, Museums and Historical Sites (2013)155. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 6 (2013)156. Jackie & Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line (2014)157. Black Baseball - Black Business: Race Enterprise and the Fate of the Segregated Dollar (2014)158. Before Jackie: The Negro Leagues, Civil Rights and the American Dream (2014)159. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Detroit (2014)160. Black Ball and the Broadwalk: The Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, 1916 - 1929 (2014)161. A Special Gift from God: Baseball (2014)162. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 7 (2014)163. Joe Black: More Than A Dodger (2015)164. The Negro Southern League: A Baseball History, 1920-1951 (2015)165. Last Train to Cooperstown: The 2006 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees from the Negro Leagues Baseball Era (2015)166. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Pittsburgh (2015)167. The Black Press and Black Baseball, 1915 - 1955: A Devil's Bargain (2015) FOREWORD168. Black Ball: A Negro Leagues Journal, Volume 8 (2015)169. Legacy: The Enduring Impact of the Negro Leagues on Modern Baseball and American Society (2016)170. Daddy's Scrapbook: Henry Kimbro of the Negro Baseball Leagues, a Daughter's Perspective (2016)171. Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Booklet in Kansas City (2016)172. Baseball's Alternative Universe: Cuban's Baseball Legends (2016)173. Baseball's No-Hit Wonders: More Than a Century of Pitching's Greatest Feats (2016)174. The Untold Story of an Original Harlem Globetrotter and Negro Leagues All-Star, Ted Strong Jr., (2016)175. Christie's The Golden Age of Baseball Memorabilia, October 19th edition (three articles) (2016)